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Blackbar devil
Plectroglyphidodon dickii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Blackbar devil
- Scientific
- Plectroglyphidodon dickii
- Dhivehi
- Muraka mas
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 12 cm (total length); max. published weight 35.62 g
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NT · Near ThreatenedNear Threatened (NT), assessed 2021
Description
A small, tan to brown damselfish with a sharp black bar across the rear body followed by a white tail base and tail. It lives among branching Pocillopora and Acropora corals and defends a small garden of filamentous algae, which it eats along with small invertebrates.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives the general name muraka mas.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Plectroglyphidodon-dickii.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=5709&GenusName=Plectroglyphidodon&Spe
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blackbar_Damsel_-_Plectroglyphidodon_dickii.jpg
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Muraka mas' (Latin script). FLAG: single source.